In this tutorai,we are going to show you; how to work with Web Browser control in WPF? We will be opening a web site (even a Silverlight Enabled web site in WPF application) in the new Web Browser control.

This control is added in .Net 3.5 SP1. This is used to browse the websites in a WPF application. This control could be used to execute scripts also. This control is capable of loading Silverlight enabled site also. This feature makes it a great control.

<Window x:Class="webbrowsercontrol.Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Window1" Height="400" Width="400">
<Grid>
<Grid.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush MappingMode="RelativeToBoundingBox" EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FF000000" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FF52698D" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Grid.Background>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0.226*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0.774*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="0.091*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="0.755*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="0.154*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Margin="1,1,1,1" Text="Navigate To" TextWrapping="Wrap" Foreground="#FFF4EAEA"/>
<TextBox x:Name="txtLoad" Margin="0,1,0,1" Grid.Column="1" Text="" TextWrapping="Wrap" Background="#FFBDA4A4" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Cursor="No" Foreground="#FFE91D1D" Width="Auto" Height="30" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
<Border Margin="1,1,1,1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Row="1" BorderBrush="#FF000000" BorderThickness="1,1,1,1">
<WebBrowser x:Name="myBrowser" Margin="0,0,0,0" Cursor="Arrow"/>
</Border>
<Border Margin="1,0,1,0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Row="2" BorderBrush="#FF000000" BorderThickness="1,1,1,1">
<StackPanel Margin="0,0,0,0" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Button x:Name="btnExternal" Margin="0,0,0,0" Width="175" Content="Load   Requested Site" FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="14" Click="btnExternal_Click">                                      <Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FF000000" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFFFFFFF" Offset="1"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFC44848" Offset="0.289"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
<Button x:Name="btnInternal" Margin="9,0,0,0" Width="175" Content="Load Default Site" Foreground="#FF0F0D0D" FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="14" Click="btnInternal_Click">
<Button.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FF000000" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFFFFFFF" Offset="1"/>
<GradientStop Color="#FFA93030" Offset="0.211"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
</StackPanel>
</Border>
</Grid>
</Window>

I have given Name of WebBrowser control is myBrowser. If you see XAML code closely, you would find that.
Navigate method on WebBrowser control is used to load the site in the control.
So, if you want to load Google in WebBrowser control, you need to call Navigate method like below,
myBrowser.Navigate(new Uri(http://www.google.com));

private void btnInternal_Click(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
{
myBrowser.Navigate(new Uri("http://www.itprojectsforyou.com"));         

}

When user will give any site address in textbox that site will get loaded on click event of this button.

private void btnExternal_Click(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Uri ui = new Uri(txtLoad.Text.Trim(), UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);
myBrowser.Navigate(ui);
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;  namespace webbrowsercontrol
{
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for Window1.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class Window1 : Window
{
public Window1()
{
InitializeComponent();
myBrowser.Navigate(new Uri("http://www.google.com"));
} 
private void btnExternal_Click(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Uri ui = new Uri(txtLoad.Text.Trim(), UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);
myBrowser.Navigate(ui);
} 
private void btnInternal_Click(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
{
myBrowser.Navigate(new Uri("http://www.itprojectsforyou.com/"));
}
}
}